IDPhotoPix

A passport office will accept almost any face, as long as it sits at the right size in front of a plain wall. Photos taken at home fail on those two points, and the photo booth is never nearby when the form is due. IDPhotoPix crops a phone picture to the size a given passport or visa asks for and swaps the background for white or another required colour.

The first step is picking the document, with presets for the US visa at 2 x 2 inches and the Schengen visa at 35 x 45 mm. A specifications page lists the rest by country, and the site counts more than 500 specifications for over 150 countries. The upload can be a JPG, PNG, HEIC or WebP file, and the finished photo comes with a print sheet for a home printer or a photo lab.

An optional step replaces casual clothes with formal attire and retouches the skin, which the site pitches for resume photos. Photos are processed on the maker's servers, and the privacy policy says temporary files are deleted on a short cycle after processing. The interface comes in twelve languages, from Japanese to Arabic. Acceptance depends on the issuing office and the source picture, the pricing page notes, and the site asks users to check the official requirements before submitting.